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ITED jS'rAfrns n'rnrvfr "einen L. IllILAY, FIIIIIJADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification forniing'pnrt ot' Letters Patent No. $553355, dated JanuaryY lfl,

To all fzqhom'it may concern:

Beitknonin that I, WILLIAM L. IMLAY, of the c-ity and county of' Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Iniproved Apparatus 'or Burner for Hydrocarbons, designed mainly for petroleum and its products;4 and. I declare the following to be full and exact description thereof, reference being `had to the annexed drawings, and letters thereon.

Figures l and 2 are perpendicular sections of my apparatus, and Figs. 3 and 4 views from ,above of my equalizing-ehaniber.

' Myobject is to produce an intensoand pow- ?erful heat,which is ordinarily by a blue llame, by the combustion of the vapor and gl s of pe- -tloleuin or other hydrocarbons.

i Others have perhaps before me made large laipllights und llames for small cooking and heating, or varied apparatus to mingle air with .the vapor and gas of hydrocarbons, orto burn the products ot' hydrocarbons mingled with steam; but such is no part or' my cbiect.

Idesign an entirely new and indepeiideut improvemcnt-namely, the high-pressure blast of the vapor and gas of hydrocarbons, burned with no lamp-fixtures, nor aero-vapors, or gled air-vupor and gas-fixtures, nor any steam, water, or such like fixtures, mingling steam and vapor or gas in the manner that may have been done. And, further, I so construct my burner that I applyit to dues, pipes, and articles that cannot be heated in the same ninnncr -by any such devices as I have named.

` My independent and new class et apparatus iu hydrocarbons I constriict by several parte and devices, and thus I accomplish my object as follows: I make a strong circular chamber, capable of sustaining' any graduated degree. ot' high pressure, andinto it I introduce a ieed- 'pipe that supplies the hydrocarbonas petroleum or gasolineand when vaporized or more or lessuturned into gas this product is led by a pipe beneath the generator or chamber and into a'circular pipe or receiver. The leadingpipe is comparatively large and free, and is designed to produce no check on the ilow from `the generator to the receiver; yet on the urrival ofthe vapor and gas at the receiver the ,high blast makes an inequality of pressure on the sides of the receiver, it' small comparatively. Therefore I make the capacity of the receiver larger than that of the dow-pipe, that the ila-me aperture or apertures may be evenly fed, and also fed alike. From the receiver the vapor and gas escape by one or more apertures, and are burned, merely mingling with the air bythe force of the blast. The heat necessary to produce the blast is kept up by the playing crater, which is usually inclined inward or being thus heated and serving as a guide to the llame and heat when used in my-inethod. le `,aid in this deflection and guiding of the darne, I incline the escape aperture or apertures to one common center, .and also that the heat may not melt the generator. I apply the high and powerful blast thus producedto varled objects or uses--as, for example, the heating ol' w ai er, byforcingtheasne thus obtained through long coils of pipe, the distillation of alcohol, and coal and petroleum' oils,l heating houses and buildings, and to very many other uses which I do not design to explain or claim in this specification. These and other 'facts are apparent in the drawings.

In Ilig. l, A is a feed-pipe, supplying` the hydrocarbon from a strong reservoir, and B the chamberofthe generator, made with two walls, the outer one perpendicular and the other or inner one cone-shaped or inclined, so that the bottom is large while the top is smaller. The top of this gas and vapor producing chain ber is closed by a cap, C, that, ground or luted on, is removable for cleaning its inside.' I also use a stop to blow oft' tar or impurities, and also to lessen the blast out of the llame-apertures. By a large and free pipe, D, connection is made with'lhe receiver E and llame-escape aperture parts. ln this gure the receiver E is made of a circul pipe larger than the free-conduct D; 'und i to the upper part of thereservoir, for thc equalizing ot' the pressure between the two, and the whole is seen larger than in'Fig. l.

In Fig. 3 the escape-aperture is shown as one slot at F l" F, and in Fig. 4 as made by the drill-holes K, some of which are capped or eircled with nipples of resisting substances, for

the twofold purpose ot' preventing the blst of the flame against the inuer'wall of the genv made cone-shaped, for the double puifpose ot' In Fig, Z the saineletters show the saine Aipe from the generator-chamber.

and also the heat from cosingor expanding them.

Through G, the blastaperture of the generator in Figs. 1 and 2, a strong and very hot blast is made, and by extending the inner Wall of the generator to the top of the cap C orbeyond it connection is made to the mouth of the tubes, lnes, or to other articles and places to be heated. In the section of the receiver E in Fig. l the escapeapertures are seen inclinedinward, toaid the direction of the blast burn- The further uses and advantages ci' my im venticn are apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

I claim- 1. The construction of the vapor and gas chamber B with two walls, the outer one of anys ranged just beneath orjust within the lower part ota the generator, as set forth. Y

3. An apparatus for burning hydrocarbons constructed and made of the pipe A from the t reservoir, the chamber B, flame-blast aperture G, tube D, receiver E, and escape-apertures F, f operating substantially as set forth.

W. 1L. umn.

Witnesses Crus. IMLAY,

NEWEL IMLAY. 

